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bayhaqi:20507Sufyān > Jaʿfar from his father > ʿAlī > Lā Akūn

[Machine] I will not be the first of the four.  

البيهقي:٢٠٥٠٧قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ

لَا أَكُونُ أَنَا أَوَّلَ الْأَرْبَعَةِ